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You will see the most prominent signs of the Siberian capital including the Russian-biggest Opera and Ballet theatre, the famous chapel symbolizing the center of Russia, the world-longest metro bridge and the Ob, one of the greatest rivers in Siberia.

The Nature and History Museum will tell you about life in Siberia in the past and about how and why Novosibirsk was founded and grew into the third-biggest city of Russia.

The Birch Bark Museum is a cozy small place offering its visitors a unique collection of objects made of birch bark.

You will see the most prominent signs of the Siberian capital including the Russian-biggest Opera and Ballet theatre, the famous chapel symbolizing the center of Russia, the world-longest metro bridge and the Ob, one of the greatest rivers in Siberia. You will proceed to Academgorodok, a city part built in the 50-ies for researchers of various fields of science. Covered with trees and lacking industrial enterprises, this district is the greenest and the cleanest in the city, being a perfect place for people of science and students of Novosibirsk State University.

The open-air museum of railway transport offers its visitors a unique collection of Russian and foreign trains operated in different periods of history plus an amazing collection of old Russian cars including Volgas, Pobedas and Moskvichs.

You will see the most prominent signs of the Siberian capital including the Russian-biggest Opera and Ballet theatre, the famous chapel symbolizing the center of Russia, the world-longest metro bridge and the Ob, one of the greatest rivers in Siberia.

A visit to the zoo will be a nice finish of your tour, as the zoo is situated in the forest, its atmosphere being joyful and relaxed.

Walking tour of the center of Novosibirsk (Historical Novosibirsk). 2-2.5 hours. 500 rubles an hour irrespective of the number of tourists.

In the course of this short city tour, which is more like a pleasant and relaxing walk around the quiet historical city center, you will see several examples of stone and wooden architecture of the late 19th – early 20th centuries. A coffee in a cozy ethnic café situated in the middle of one of the oldest city streets will allow you to experience a somewhat different Novosibirsk.

A tour to Kolyvan settlement (bus, car). 4 hours. Kolyvan is a district center located 40 km to the north of Novosibirsk. Before the railway bridge over the Ob river had been built, Kolyvan used to be an important merchant town. There are numerous old houses built in the 19th century in the settlement bearing witness to its former splendor. 2500 rubles.

A tour to Kolyvan will show you what life in the Russian provinces looks like. You will move only 40 km away from busy and wealthy Novosibirsk to find yourself in a totally different atmosphere. Once being a rich merchant town, Kolyvan had failed to be the place where the railway bridge over the Ob was to be built and soon lost its power. But it still is charming with its old wooden and stone houses and a monastery, which is seen from far away. A picnic at the Chaus River with a wonderful view all around will restore your energy.